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- Stick_fighting abstract "Stick fighting is a generic term for martial arts which use simple long slender, blunt, hand-held, generally wooden 'sticks' for fighting such as a staff, cane, walking stick, baton or similar. Some techniques can also be used with a sturdy umbrella or even a sword in its scabbard, but thicker and/or heavier blunt weapons such as clubs or the mace are outside the scope of "stick fighting" (since they cannot be wielded with such precision, so sheer force of impact is more important) as are more formed weapons such as the taiaha.Although many systems are defensive combat techniques intended for use if attacked while lightly armed, others such as kendo (a Japanese discipline using a bamboo sword, the shinai) and gatka (a north Indian discipline in which the sticks simulate swords) were developed as safe training methods for dangerous weapons. Whatever their history, many stick fighting techniques lend themselves to being treated as sports.In addition to systems specifically devoted to stick fighting, certain other disciplines include it, either in its own right, as in the Tamil martial art silambam, or merely as part of a polyvalent training including other weapons and/or bare handed fighting, as in Kerala's kalaripayat tradition, where these wooden weapons serve as preliminary training before practice of the more dangerous metal weapons.".
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- Stick_fighting subject Category:Stick_fighting.
- Stick_fighting comment "Stick fighting is a generic term for martial arts which use simple long slender, blunt, hand-held, generally wooden 'sticks' for fighting such as a staff, cane, walking stick, baton or similar.".
- Stick_fighting label "Stick fighting".
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- Stick_fighting wasDerivedFrom Stick_fighting?oldid=596656942.
- Stick_fighting isPrimaryTopicOf Stick_fighting.